‘I cannot see how my behaviour on that day in the face of a raw anti-Semitic comment negates the way I behaved and behave since.’

After a three-hour hearing Edward Nelly, chair of the disciplinary panel, said the panel found he had failed to act with integrity.

He said: ‘You were convicted for a criminal assault. We have reflected on that and the initial unhappy context – as an unwise engagement with Mr Ghadami in the Rolls Building about the subject of costs.

This CCTV shows Ghadami falling backwards, after the attack in the High Court (Picture: Central News)

‘We have considered carefully what the behaviour of Mr Saunders demonstrates, on that unhappy day, and we accept the submissions of both persons that a single act may constitute a lack of integrity.

‘We are sorry to find that allegation proved, while fully understanding the explanation Mr Saunders has offered. We must not conflate mitigation with fact.’